Podcast Episodes

The Art of Stacking S-Curves: Olo’s Winning Vertical SaaS Strategy with CFO Peter Benevides

In this episode, CJ is joined by Peter Benevides, CFO of Olo, a leading vertical SaaS company powering digital ordering, payments, and guest engageme…

1 year, 5 months ago

Klarna IPO: S1 Breakdown

Klarna, the Swedish fintech powerhouse, is going public on the NYSE (ticker: KLAR).This marks a major moment for the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) space.…

1 year, 5 months ago

Red Flags & Big Wins: Lucas Swisher on What Makes Coatue Say Yes (or No) to an Investment

In this episode, CJ interviews Lucas Swisher, Co-Lead of Growth Investing and Software Investing at Coatue, to explore how one of tech’s most influen…

1 year, 5 months ago

21 Million Customers: The Two Keys to Long-Term Tech Success with GoDaddy CFO Mark McCaffrey

Mark McCaffrey, the CFO of GoDaddy, joins CJ to talk about the evolution of one of the most recognizable brands on the internet from domain registrat…

1 year, 5 months ago

The Business of Mostly Metrics. Part I.

Welcome to the first episode on The Business of Mostly Metrics.

The CFO became a CEO. Pretty wild. The CEO of me.

During this series we’ll cover the fo…

1 year, 5 months ago

Taking Criticism Like a Pro: Airtable's Ambereen Toubassy on Investor Feedback and Curiosity

Ambereen Toubassy, the CFO of Airtable, has experience as an advisor, an investor, and an operator. In this episode, she joins CJ to talk about how t…

1 year, 5 months ago

Uncovering Blind Spots and Other Lessons from High-Growth Companies with Five-Time CFO David Lapter

In this episode, Dashlane’s David Lapter, a five-time CFO, joins CJ to discuss the challenges of steering high-growth companies. He breaks down the c…

1 year, 6 months ago

CoreWeave IPO: A Future Giant or Just WeWork with GPUs?

This is the CoreWeave IPO breakdown. I studied their S1 filing so you don’t have to.

What we’ll cover:

* What CoreWeave does

* Their business model

* The…

1 year, 6 months ago

Eliminating Operational Inefficiencies with Hanan Aharoni of Operative

In this episode, CJ interviews Hanan Aharoni, CFO of Operative, who is an expert in operational excellence, particularly in private equity. Hanan sha…

1 year, 6 months ago

From Massive Corporate to Tiny Startup: Foodics CFO Abdullah Tahboub on Making the Leap

Today’s guest went from being the CFO of a very large telecom company where he was meeting with ministers in Jordan to joining a team of just four pe…

1 year, 6 months ago